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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise reports Marjorie Scheel, long time local editor and member of the Iowa Press Association, has joined national editorial circles as she continues service at the Clermont publication. Her role and affiliations underscore the paper's ties to state and national journalism networks.
Lemuel Eshelman Gibson, a clerk for the supreme court, has written a non sectarian religious drama titled A Broken Idol. After years of work and counsel from Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders, it will be produced April 23 24 and 25 at the Shrine Auditorium in Des Moines.
Republicans will base county delegate counts to the state convention on the secretary of state race rather than governor this year, returning to a pre 1932 method. The change aims to reflect the normal party vote per county, smoothing out wide swings between offices, with leaders expecting state chairmen to convene their committees to set plans.
Iowa party discussions weigh advantages of a later summer biennial convention to face opposing platforms and candidates. Sales tax news shows electrical equipment, building materials, plumbing, heating, liquor, and monuments spending rising. Town patrol resumes full duties after a month of refresher training. 12 vacancies to be filled after strict testing.
A roundup from Iowa noting a Day ton high school safe break in an unlocked office, a Newton area boy trapped in a rural ice box, a Columbus Junction man’s monkey and cat car crash, Clermont forming a flying field, Sheldon men fined for defacing highway signs, a Moravia man killed by a 22 000 watt line fall, Floyd county youths charged for shooting at facilities, Independence finds a good neighbor returning a found $150 pocketbook after earlier loss of $30.
Orville Hand 21 of Corydon was killed when a passing car struck him while he changed a tire. Olaf and Hamlin Holton of Worth county raise large tobacco crops shipped by carload in February, 16 tons last year. Mrs. Fred Open of Clear Lake cut her hand washing her hair, requiring stitches. Maude Beveridge of Woodward licensed to record a song Our Home. A White Leghorn hen owned by Mrs. George Rigler laid an unusually large egg. David Klingborg near Remsen injured by a 1250 pound bull’s uppercut, knocked over a six foot fence before the bull left him. Dale Friday under arrest.
Fragmentary OCR summary notes a Conrad farmer in legal trouble after a tractor stallion trade, a warrant against him, and a poker hand reference. It also mentions Kenneth Watson of Reinbeck, a 50th wedding anniversary for the Midgletons at Eagle Grove, a train collision notice, and a car incident near Jexell involving Mrs R O Breland.
The Red Sea is named for the color of its surface water caused by millions of phytoplankton. The term Black Sea derives from foggy, inhospitable conditions that mariners face during certain seasons.
A report by the employment aid committee notes beggars in New Delhi earn up to 15 dollars daily, with peak earnings before Christmas. Some reject work claiming higher income from begging, while the committee seeks to persuade Europeans to offer aid. The text references an early cotton cuttle in Rhode Island in 1.
According to the American Magazine Louis L Meitns started buying packing equipment as a virus and ended up with a fully fledged circus inviting 1,000 kits. He has since staged over 20 performances giving out free soda pop and peanuts to audiences.
The blind pianist Alec Temple tm showed early genius in South Wales imitating church bells at age two and composing Inllaby by four. By twelve he was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music in London.
A description of letters printed on a card used to assess eyesight. The test letters vary in size so each subtends a specific visual angle at the testing distance. The exact angles and names of the optometrists are not clearly provided in the readable text.
A fragment states Hibera buried in swamy mua or under water during winter tors Temmein ink torpa, with unclear context and no identifiable dates or local details.
A marauder in Atlanta Ga escaped after a watchman fired a shotgun blast, injuring him in the back pocket and ripping out a wallet that contained a calling card bearing the name Iolus Smith. Police located Smith with a birdshot wound to the chin.
A fragmented line speaks of a vampire betting frenzy as a new pastime, with odd wording and unclear details about the setting or participants. The readable parts hint at a sensational scene or rumor, but no concrete names places dates or outcomes emerge.
Shipping dangers near Diamond Shoals at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, are illustrated by boats sailing over the wrecks that lie visible beneath the water.
A historical note records that 1,527.00 tracers were used in the United States in 7772, reflecting a numeric entry within a broader statistical accounting. The terse line preserves an archival figure and its peculiar year notation.
The prickly pear, a cactus native to the American Southwest, has spread widely in Australia and now causes widespread concern among farmers and authorities due to its aggressive growth and ecological impact.
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